Baghdadi Jewish Religious Court Records; Burial Expenses; Citizenship Issues; Correspondence
View interactive document pageThis item includes Baghdadi Jewish Religious Court records and memos concerning marriage, divorce, dowry, alimony payments, property issues, and financial matters. The item also includes burial related expense reports, documents concerning Baghdadi Jewish emigration and citizenship issues, and a request to the Chaldean Patriarchy to provide copies of the Bible.
Certificate We hereby certify that the person named Jack Hayyim Aqrab is the same person named Jack Hayyim and that he is the brother of Ibrahim Hayyim. In witness whereof, we have issued this certificate Baghdad on 12 / 7 / 1954 Ibrahim Hayyim ⟦signature⟧ Witness Murad Saleh Hayyim ⟦signature⟧ Witness Salim Habib Hayyim ⟦signature⟧
The Iraqi Government Court of Peace Summons Number of papers: ⟦illegible⟧ Plaintiff: ⟦illegible⟧ son of ⟦illegible⟧, resident of ⟦illegible⟧ neighborhood Defendant: ⟦illegible⟧ son of ⟦illegible⟧, residing in ⟦illegible⟧ Based on the lawsuit filed by ⟦illegible⟧ son of ⟦illegible⟧, your presence is required at the Court of Peace in ⟦illegible⟧ on ⟦illegible⟧, year 195, day ⟦illegible⟧ at the hour of Western time, and if you do not attend in person or send a representative on your behalf, the trial will proceed against you in absentia according to the procedures. S - 3 ⟦illegible⟧ Secret Response ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ To the Head of the Jewish Community The defendant ⟦illegible⟧ in the house belonging to me Located in the ⟦illegible⟧ neighborhood, and there is a debt owed by him ⟦illegible⟧ For the rent of the year 1952 regarding non-payment And I have filed a lawsuit ⟦illegible⟧ for the amount of 280 Dinars And the costs of the trial and the lawsuit with the policy fees And the collection tax is ten Dinars and one hundred and fifty Fils, and therefore And the judgment against him with him bearing the costs of the trial Dinar | Fils 280/000 | Fee 2/000 | Postage fee 1/000 | ⟦illegible⟧ 0/250 | Stamps 5/000 | ⟦illegible⟧ 4/000 | Appendices ⟦line⟧ 12/250 | Total
The Iraqi Government Presidency of Baghdad Execution A - D - 11 Please refer to the file number when replying Date: 20 / 9 / 52 File Number: 2117 / 52 Outgoing Number: To the Presidency of the Jewish Community Reference to your letter numbered 70 and dated 10 / 9 / 52 We send you herewith a receipt for the amount of 6.720 Dinars collected from the debtor Receipt received Accountant of the Baghdad Execution Department The Accountant To receive the amount and record in the register ⟦illegible⟧ Number ⟦...⟧ 1992 On 28 / 9 / 52
Attachments Number 1 Deed ⟦line⟧ Copy of ⟦line⟧ To the Presidency of the Community To withdraw a deed in the amount of 6/273 Dinars to the order of the Presidency of Baghdad Execution ⟦illegible⟧ in the amount of 6/273 Dinars and recording it in the account of Church Expenses from the expenses mentioned in the notification obtained by ⟦illegible⟧ Khaw Rent Ali ⟦illegible⟧ the Presidency of this Community, and that is in addition to the original notification amount totaling 28/260 which was previously paid to the Execution Department according to receipt number 168001 sequence 56 and dated 14 / 7 / 1952.
Iraqi Government Presidency of Baghdad Procedures Regular Presidency of the Jewish Community Number ⟦1994⟧ Date 9 / 9 / 1954 1 - D - 16 Please refer to the file number with the outgoing number when replying Hijri Date: / / Gregorian Date: 6 / 9 / 1954 File Number: 54 / 2117 Outgoing Number: 10858 Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Your letter numbered T / 2694 / 54 and dated 7 / 9 / 54 The requested amount of 272 / 6 Dinars is for the expenses listed in the notification and paid among it by the convicted person at the time The President ⟦illegible⟧ Agreed to pay the amount The President 10 / 9 / 54 Finance For registration and payment of the amount in trust ⟦illegible⟧
T/ 2994 / 52 27 / 8 / 1952 ⟦illegible⟧ To - Presidency of the Baghdad Regular Execution Office Greetings, With reference to your letter No. 9934, notification No. 2117 / 52, dated 24 / 8 / 1952. This Presidency has previously paid to your esteemed department the entire amount of the judgment No. 2938, notification No. 2117 / 52, amounting to 28.260 Dinars, according to receipt (No. 128001) serial (56) dated 14 / 7 / 1952. Please accept our highest respect. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧
Iraqi Government Presidency of Baghdad Execution Regular Presidency of the Jewish Community Number ⟦...⟧ 1929 Date 24 / 8 / 1952 1 - 16 Please refer to the file number and the outgoing number when replying File Number 52 / 2117 Outgoing Number 9942 Hijri Date / / 137 Gregorian Date 22 / 8 / 1952 The Honorable President of the Jewish Community An amount of 6.272 Dinars remains owed by the community to the community in the estate of Ali Faraj. Send the mentioned amount to this Presidency. ⟦signature⟧ 22 / 8 Accountant The amount was withdrawn via check numbered 812881 for our fees and delivered to the Execution Department according to receipt numbered ⟦...⟧ 25 / 8 Accountant To be recorded as incoming ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ 22 / 8 / 52 Accountant Send the notification according to which we paid the amount to the Execution Department, stating that the amount ⟦...⟧ 25 / 8 / 52
Baghdad Peace Court Number / ⟦illegible⟧ Date / ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 2051 ⟦illegible⟧ 25 / 11 / 54 25 / 11 / 54 Ma To the Presidency of the Jewish Community We confirm for the second time our letter No. 2228 on 22 / 10 / 954 Please return the notice of service sent with our above letter, signed and certified according to the procedures The Judge ⟦signature⟧ The amount was handed over to the Execution Department ⟦signature⟧ 22 / 1 / 955 Personnel To be registered and attached to the file ⟦signature⟧ 22 / 11 / 954
B - 4 Paper Notification of notices issued by the court Number: ⟦illegible⟧ Dossier number: And it was notified and received by the process server: The notice issued on: Court: Baghdad Conciliation Court Between me and: Dr. Al-Haj Abdul Wahid Al-Sukkari Residing in the neighborhood of: Regarding the lawsuit: And regarding: A copy of the formed: And for clarification, this paper was given: On: 16 / 12 / Year 95 ⟦signature⟧ Signature ⟦illegible stamp⟧
B - 10 Presidency of the Jewish Community Number 4074 Date 21 / 8 / 952 From: Baghdad Peace Court To: Presidency of the Jewish Community Notification Memorandum Enclosed you will find a copy of the judgment number ⟦1128⟧ / 52 dated 7 / 7 Please notify the defendant and return the second copy stamped by him and certified by the notification officer On 26 / 10 / year 1952 The Deputy Judgment and papers ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Common
Baghdad Peace Court Number 2312 Date 22 / 1 / 954 Presidency of the Jewish Community 2049 On 27 / 1 / 1954 Number 54/1128 To the Presidency of the Jewish Community We are sending our letter numbered 54/1128 and dated 22 / 1 / 954 And we request the return of the notice of receipt and the notification sent enclosed with our above letter, signed and certified according to the regulations. ⟦illegible⟧ The Judge The Side For the record and the shepherds Date 22 / 1 / 954 ⟦illegible⟧
The Iraqi Government Baghdad Peace Court Judgment Number: Case Number: 52 / 1128 The Baghdad Peace Court was formed on 7 / 7 / 1952 AD by its judge, Mr. Shakir al-Alusi, authorized to adjudicate in the name of His Majesty the King of Iraq, and issued its following judgment: - Plaintiff / Dr. Al-Hajj Abdul Wahab ⟦Al-Muslari⟧ Defendant / Presidency of the Jewish Community Judgment Clause / Due to the plaintiff's claim and the defendant's failure to appear to state their defense, and the plaintiff's inability to provide proof, it was decided to obligate the defendant, in addition to their official capacity, to pay sixteen dinars to the plaintiff for the subscription fee in the Al-Salam magazine and newspaper for the years 48 and 49, and to charge them the trial costs, in a judgment in absentia contingent upon the refusal to take an oath upon objection and appeal, subject to objection and cassation, and it was announced publicly. The Judge ⟦revenue stamp⟧ 780 Lawsuit and notification fees and judgment stamps First Deputy ⟦illegible stamp⟧
T / 2927 / 53 18 / 1 / 1953 Certificate 24 To "- Whom It May Concern After greetings Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts in this Presidency dated 15 / 1 / 1953 ; We confirm that the person named Isaac son of Michel is of Iranian nationality; and he is one of the members of the Iranian family that traveled to Iran under the laissez-passer numbered 229 and dated 29 / 9 / 1951 issued by the Iranian Consulate in Baghdad. Based on his request, we have provided him with this certificate. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council
To the Presidency of the Community Based on what was stated in ⟦illegible⟧ and after reviewing the copy of the laissez-passer ⟦illegible⟧ issued by ⟦illegible⟧ Baghdad deposit ⟦illegible⟧ As this passport shows that he is one of the family members who ⟦illegible⟧ traveled to Iran under a laissez-passer issued by the Iranian Consulate No. 229 on 29 / 9 / 951 Naji ⟦illegible⟧ Registrar of Marriage Contracts in the ⟦illegible⟧ Community ⟦signature⟧ 25 / 6 / 952 Attachments: Three ⟦illegible text from reverse side bleeding through⟧
Isaac son of Michael son of Joseph ⟦illegible⟧ was working as a hairdresser for Salim Barshan and living with his parents in house No. 17/12 Torat (opposite ⟦illegible⟧) and there lived in the same house ⟦illegible⟧ Shaul they ⟦illegible⟧ His brothers: 1 | Joseph | : | Carpenter | The father: Michael son of Joseph, Iranian nationality 2 | Moses | : | Was working for Salim the hairdresser | 3 | David | : | Worker ⟦illegible⟧ in Shorja | The mother: Farma daughter of Safu Ghaza from 4 | <del>Fuad</del> | : | In schools | the people of Baghdad 5 | Salman | : | Young | 6 | Sayyid (girls) | : | Young | His sisters: Sarah is married to Joseph in the country Safu Ghaza and has two children, a boy born in 1941 and a girl born in 1942 (1) And they all traveled by renunciation of citizenship (2) Simha <del>works in knitting</del> formerly at Orosdi-Back (3) Amal is young Less than a year ago, our family had traveled with an Iranian passport, rather from ⟦illegible⟧ to Iran, but I stayed behind when the car moved and remained in Baghdad until today Isaac Michael 14/2/1951 Upon checking the marriage records, it appeared that the one called Sarah daughter of Michael had married the one called Joseph son of Eliyahu Safu Ghaza on the date of July 5704 according to marriage certificate No. 456/10 15/2/1951
Contract Register Witnesses ⟦line⟧ Conditions ⟦line⟧ Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I hereby certify that Mr. has entered into his engagement to ⟦line⟧ in Baghdad on the day ⟦line⟧ corresponding to ⟦line⟧ and has not yet married. Greetings, His Excellency the Head of the Mosaic Community - Baghdad Baghdad on 1/2/1954 For the Mosaic Community in Baghdad Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
A copy of the certificate that ⟦...⟧ from the Residency Department in Baghdad Bahjat Yusuf Irani ⟦Chaychi⟧ born in Baghdad 1928 departed via Al-Munthiriya Laissez-passer issued in Baghdad from the Iranian Consulate No. 2229 on 8/29/951 accompanied by his wife Farha daughter of Hafs and his children Michel, Edouard, Samira, Fouad, Rasman, Samir, Amal Yusuf son of Michel Irani, a carpenter, born in Baghdad 1909 departed via Al-Munthiriya Laissez-passer No. 228 on 7/29/951 issued by the Consulate Iranian in Baghdad
We, the undersigned, testify ⟦illegible⟧ Yusuf, an Iranian national, had traveled with an Iranian passport via Basra with his wife Rifqa bint Saqal and his children Marcelle, Edward, Isaac, Fouad, Salman, Salim, Amal, and also his son Yusuf before the recent coup via ⟦illegible⟧ and accordingly I have signed Shaul Hayyim Benjamin House of ⟦illegible⟧ Torah ⟦illegible⟧ Ezra Eliya With me in the same house ⟦fingerprint stamp⟧ Zaidoun Kha Ibrahim Who was a servant for Sassoon The family ⟦illegible signature⟧
Directorate of Travel and Nationality Revocation Division Baghdad Number / 698 Date / 10 / 4 / 1952 Presidency of the Jewish Community Subject / Kohi Hayqo Yusuf Shantob We confirm our letter No. 572 dated 22 / 2 / 952 and please respond to it. 2182 12 / 2 / 1952 ⟦signature⟧ Muhammad Diya Director of Travel and Nationality Police A copy of it to the General Subsistence: - Reference to its two letters numbered AG / 1552 and 1112 dated 22 / 2 / 952 and 26 / 2 / 952 for information please. Sent under number 2876 date 20 / 2 / 52
T / 576 / 53 3/22/1953 ⟦23⟧ Information Statement. To - Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police Denaturalization Department Greetings, With reference to your letter numbered 573 and dated 3/22/1953; The person named Gurji Heskel Youssef Shahtoub; had passed away on 12/12/1924. Please accept our highest respect ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦mark⟧
Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police Renunciation Division 2172 29 / 2 / 1952 Number ⟦illegible⟧ Date ⟦illegible⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Subject / Information Statement Please inform us of the information you have regarding the Jew Karmi Hazqeel Yousef Shentoub ⟦signature⟧ Director of Travel and Nationality Issued and sent to the General Secretariat in reference to its letter No. 1112 dated 26 / 2 / 52 and we inform you that we found no information for him as we checked the records of renunciation of nationality, foreigners, and non-renunciation and we did not find a record for the subject of the research above The Clerk ⟦signature⟧ 29 / 2 / 52 Deceased 12 / 12 / 1954 ⟦signature⟧ 29 / 2 / 52
Directorate General of Police: Travel and Nationality Division: Baghdad: Number / Travel / 33 /: 12210 Date: / / 13 AH Corresponding to: 7 / / 1951 AD 1953/4/16 Travel and Nationality Officer in Baghdad - his letter numbered ⟦...⟧ on 1953/5/26 Travel and Residency Officer in Basra Travel and Residency Officer in Mosul Travel and Residency Officer in Karbala . Khanaqin Passport Officer at Baghdad Airport Passport Officer at the Seaport in Maqal, Safwan Directorate of Northern Desert Police Directorate of Dulaim Province Police Directorate of Erbil Province Police Directorate of Kirkuk Province Police Police Assistantship ⟦Khalfin Al-Qa'im⟧ Police Assistantship in 'Anah, Assistant for Revocation Passport Commissioner in Rutba Passport Commissioner in H3 / Passport Commissioner in T1 / Passport Commissioner in Habbaniya Passport Commissioner in Ramadi Passport Commissioner in Al-Qa'im Passport Commissioner in Al-Tanfiyah Passport Commissioner in Fishkhabur Subject / Cancellation of a Ban Order Supplement to our circular No. 41815 dated 12/21/1946 Based on the request of the Religious Court of the Jewish Community in its letter No. 707 / 47 S dated 8/6/194 We have decided to consider our circular referred to above and issued against the person named Ibrahim Sami Cancelled. Abdul Razzaq Munir Director of Travel and Nationality Police Supplement For record and reference A copy to:- The Religious Court of the Jewish Community in Baghdad - with reference to its letter mentioned above for information Directorate of Criminal Investigations (Information) Directorate of Foreigners Police Department
T / ⟦968⟧ / 53 Nurse Juliet Hayyim Heskel Moallem. 25 / 3 / 1953 To - The Honorable Ministry of Health Greetings, With reference to your letter numbered 9673 and dated 12 / 3 / 1953. The response to what was stated in your above-mentioned letter is within the jurisdiction of The Directorate of Travel and Nationality (Revocation Department). Please accept the assurances of my highest respect. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Iraqi Government Ministry of Health 9671 Telegraphic Address - Sahsam Division - Accounts Number / - Date 22 / 3 / 1953 2170 24/3/1953 To - Administration of the Jewish Community Hospitals in Baghdad Subject / - Nurse Juliet Hayyim Haskel Moallem The sister and guarantor of the aforementioned, Rachel Hayyim Haskel Moallem, used to reside in the Torah neighborhood and was a nurse for Dr. Ramtschak, the German Jewish ophthalmologist at the Rima Khedouri Hospital, formerly under the Takiyya (currently the Maternity Ward building) with a salary of fifteen dinars per month. She left the service three years ago and emigrated to Israel. We request that you inform us whether her citizenship has been revoked, and if the answer is affirmative, provide the form number, the approval of the Council of Ministers, her name, identity, address, and title in this revocation as quickly as possible. Dr. Abdul Hamid Al-Toukhi On behalf of the Minister of Health Copy to - Directorate of Legal Affairs with a copy of the mentioned person's study and service pledge - for auditing. Personnel For a prominent copy (for the file) and action ⟦illegible⟧ 24 / 3 / 53 Salah